The Small Business Administration is hosting a free webinar at noon March 1 about its guaranteed loan programs.
SBA guarantees loans making it easier for small businesses to get the funding by reducing lender risk. Funds can be used for most business purposes, including long-term fixed assets and operating capital. Amounts range from $500 to $5.5 million.
To access the webinar, visit http://ow.ly/SNs050IsxAM (may need to copy and paste link into web browser address bar).
To access the webinar by phone, call 802-490-7604 and enter code 301113174#.
For more information, email [email protected].
Winooski Market Tends To Immigrants’ Tastes
Recognizing a void in the market and filling it is one of the true traits of an entrepreneur. Filling the void doesn’t need to be complex either. One doesn’t need to establish a new e-currency market, it can simply be a market.
That is what Muyisa Mutume did in 2021 when he established M. Square Vermont African & Tropical Food Market on Main Street in Winooski. An immigrant from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mutume noticed many new Americans in Vermont did not have a suitable market to buy food from their various homelands.
“Selling goods was always a hobby of mine growing up in the Congo and I knew people needed a market with food from their country, so I thought it made a lot of sense for me to start this,” said Mutume.
Women-Owned Small Business Certification Workshop March 2
Join the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Vermont APEX Accelerator (Formerly VT PTAC) for a free workshop at 11 a.m. March 2 about Women-Owned Small Business certification.
March is Women’s History Month! The federal government has a reoccurring goal to spend not less than 5% of the total value of all prime contract and subcontract awards each fiscal year with women-owned small businesses. In FY2021, $26.2 Billion of eligible prime contracting dollars and another $12.2 Billion of subcontracting dollars went to WOSBs!
This workshop is a deep dive into the process SBA uses to certify Women-Owned Small Businesses. SBA ceased accepting self-certification for WOSB in 2020.
